Aravindan Raghunathan
AI-Era CFO Candidate | Capital Discipline & Margin Architecture | Cross-Border Governance | $5B Spend | Board-Ready
- Role
- Global Head - Financial Reporting, Control & Accounting at Tata Consultancy Services
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Aravindan Raghunathan
Finance leader with 25+ years of global experience driving capital discipline, margin architecture, and governance across a multi-billion-dollar IT services enterprise operating in 45 countries.Currently Global Head – Financial Reporting, Procure to Pay and Corporate Insurance at TCS, leading enterprise-wide financial governance, audit architecture, and control integrity across global subsidiaries. Drive automation-led finance transformation (RPA, OCR, process mining, Gen AI, analytics) to enhance predictability, transparency, and operating leverage.Previously CFO & Company Secretary for TCS China (including Joint Venture), partnering with business leadership to deliver sustainable margin expansion, cost structure redesign, and improved forecasting accuracy for a $100M business in a complex cross-border regulatory environment.Enterprise impact includes- Architecting governance across $5B global spend base- Vendor rationalisation from 55K to 20K, strengthening leverage and control- Oversight of $10B annual collections, enhancing cash discipline- Enabling 1-day AP close through automation and process redesign- Board committee interface and M&A due diligence exposure- Comfortable representing finance in investor-facing discussions- Blend of large-cap governance rigor and cross-border operating experience- Focused on AI-era cost transformation, working capital acceleration, and disciplined capital allocation.CPA (USA)| CA Rank Holder (India)| CISA | HBS Alumni
Experience
Global Head - Financial Reporting, Control & Accounting
Jan 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Lead global financial governance and enterprise control architecture across 45-country operations. Responsible for consolidation integrity, audit completion, regulatory compliance, and executive-level financial insight supporting strategic decision-making.* Drive finance transformation initiatives integrating automation, analytics, and process redesign to improve reporting velocity, transparency, and capital predictability at scale.* Interface with senior leadership and board-level stakeholders on governance, risk oversight, and financial integrity
Education
ISACA
CISA, Systems Audit
2005 — 2005
PMI
PMP, Project Management
2005 — 2005
Institute of Cost and Work Accountants of India
AICWA, Cost Accountancy, Financial Management, Finance, Accountancy
1991 — 1994
Bharathidasan University
B.Sc., Mathematics, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics
1989 — 1992
AICPA
CPA, Finance, Accountancy, Tax, Financial Management
2001 — 2002
Harvard Business School
Senior Executive Leadership Program, Leadership
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ACA, Finance, Audit, Tax, Management
1992 — 1995
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